Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of string

Comment: regular executable builds

Negative Lookahead(?!lib)

libthe literal text lib (case sensitive)

Group 3([^_]+)

Negated Character Class[^_]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

_build_the literal text _build_ (case sensitive)

Group 4(windows|linux|osx|android|illumos)

1st Alternativewindows

windowsthe literal text windows (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativelinux

linuxthe literal text linux (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativeosx

osxthe literal text osx (case sensitive)

4th Alternativeandroid

androidthe literal text android (case sensitive)

5th Alternativeillumos

illumosthe literal text illumos (case sensitive)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 5(x86_64|x86|arm|arm64)

1st Alternativex86_64

x86_64the literal text x86_64 (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativex86

x86the literal text x86 (case sensitive)

3rd Alternativearm

armthe literal text arm (case sensitive)

4th Alternativearm64

arm64the literal text arm64 (case sensitive)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 6(release|debug)

1st Alternativerelease

releasethe literal text release (case sensitive)

2nd Alternativedebug

debugthe literal text debug (case sensitive)

Comment: library builds

libthe literal text lib (case sensitive)

Group 8([^_]+)

Negated Character Class[^_]+

+matches at least one character outside the set below:

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

_build_the literal text _build_ (case sensitive)

Group 9(windows|linux|osx|android|illumos)

1st Alternativewindows

2nd Alternativelinux

3rd Alternativeosx

4th Alternativeandroid

5th Alternativeillumos

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 10(x86_64|x86|arm|arm64)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 11(shared|static|mixed)

_the literal _ (95₁₀ / 137₈ / 5F₁₆)

Group 12(release|debug)

3rd Alternative ( # syncing source code of a project from git or something else ([^_]+)_src )

4th Alternative ( # static code analizer ([^_]+)_analyze_(cppcheck|scan-build) )

$end of string, or before its final line terminator

Global pattern flags

x modifier: extended. Ignores unescaped whitespace and comments outside character classes

Unit Test Summary

Ready to run

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

^(
    ( # regular executable builds
        (?!lib)([^_]+)_build_(windows|linux|osx|android|illumos)_(x86_64|x86|arm|arm64)_(release|debug)
    )
    |
    ( # library builds
        lib([^_]+)_build_(windows|linux|osx|android|illumos)_(x86_64|x86|arm|arm64)_(shared|static|mixed)_(release|debug)
    )
    |
    ( # syncing source code of a project from git or something else
        ([^_]+)_src
    )
    |
    ( # static code analizer
        ([^_]+)_analyze_(cppcheck|scan-build)
    )
    |
    ( # package builds
        ([^_]+)_pkg_(windows|debian|ubuntu|centos|fedora|osx|android|illumos)_(x86_64|x86|arm|arm64)_(stable|nightly)_(release|debug)
    )
)$

Regular Expression

Unit Tests